(HC) Ceja Ayala v. Current or Acting Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division EDUARDO CEJA AYALA, Case No. 25-cv-00047-LB
Petitioner,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v.
CURRENT OR ACTING FIELD OFFICE
DIRECTOR, SAN FRANCISCO FIELD
OFFICE, UNITED STATES
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT, et al., Respondents.
18 Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention by immigration officials in Kern County. Petitioner is confined at the Golden State Annex, in McFarland, California. Kern County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The proper respondent to a habeas petition challenging an immigrant’s detention pending a removal order is the warden of the facility housing the detainee. See Doe v. Garland, 109 F.4th 1188, 1197 (9th Cir. 2024). The proper venue for such a…